Journalists from Latin America receive protective equipment for their trip to the front

The Kyiv Journalists’ Solidarity Center (JSC) of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), at the request of the non-governmental organization Center for Transatlantic Dialogue, has provided ten sets of personal protective equipment for a group of media workers who arrived in Ukraine from Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile.

Accompanied by representatives of the Center for Transatlantic Dialogue, they plan to visit the front-line and de-occupied settlements of the Kharkiv Region in the coming week.

Over the past year, more than 200 mass media representatives have used the services of the JSCs for free rental of protective equipment.

Contacts of the Journalists’ Solidarity Centers:

• Kyiv JSC – 050 680 5204 (Illia Suzdaliev, the network coordinator). The Center’s address is 27A Khreshchatyk Street;

• Lviv JSC – 067 370 0440 (Andrii Bolkun, the Lviv JSC coordinator). The Center’s address is 5 Solomiya Krushelnytskoyi Street;

• Ivano-Frankivsk JSC – 066 677 0726 (Viktoriya Plakhta, the Ivano-Frankivsk JSC coordinator). The Center’s address is 25 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street;

• Chernivtsi JSC – 068 286 3706 (Volodymyr Bober, the Chernivtsi JSC coordinator). The Center’s address is 96 Nezalezhnosti Avenue;

• Zaporizhzhia JSC – 096 277 5352 (Nataliya Kuzmenko and Valentyna Manzhura, the Zaporizhzhia JSC coordinators). The Center’s address is 152 Sobornyi Avenue;

• Dnipro JSC – 050 919 8479 (Nataliya Nazarova, the Dnipro JSC coordinator). The Center’s address is 8 Starokozatska Street.

For receiving protective equipment for free temporary use, please, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/3kE680H.

For other help, fill out this form: https://bit.ly/3JcQFhK.

Our specialist will contact you and guide you on further actions.

ABOUT JSC

The Journalists’ Solidarity Centers is an initiative of the NUJU implemented with the support of the International and European Federations of Journalists and UNESCO. The initiative is designated to help media representatives working in Ukraine during the war. The Centers operate in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro and provide journalists with organizational, technical, legal, psychological, and other types of assistance.

ABOUT UNESCO

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication, and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding. It is the coordinator of the UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which aims to create a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, thus strengthening peace, democracy, and sustainable development worldwide. UNESCO is working closely with its partner organizations in Ukraine to provide support to journalists on the ground.

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